Flavored Salt Recipes

Homemade Flavored Salt Is Inexpensive, Elegant, and So Easy to Make

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Salt is one of those essentials in any kitchen, and it can take any dish from OK to amazing with just a quick sprinkle! This holiday season, spend just a few hours making your very own flavored salts for an easy edible gift. The process is simple and the possibilities as to the flavorings are pretty endless. I made three different varieties including roasted garlic salt, meyer lemon salt, and shiitake salt.

The roasted garlic and meyer lemon salts both took a little longer to make, but the shiitake one's incredibly simple and would work with just about any dried herb, from dried mushrooms to chili flakes to rosemary. When combining a salt with a flavoring that is a little more moist like roasted garlic or citrus, you will need to dry it out in the oven for a short period.

I must admit out of my three, I fell in love with my roasted garlic salt; the flavor is more complex than your average garlic salt and is epic on french fries. The meyer lemon salt is more mild but perfect for fish, chicken, and basically anything that needs a hint of citrus. The shiitake version has a very distinct aroma and would be delicious sprinkled on a soup or any dish with mushrooms. To package up these easy to make salts, just grab easy to seal jars and tie a quick bow. Pick up a box of kosher salt at your local market and start concocting your very own flavored salts this holiday season.

Roasted Garlic Salt

From Lauren Hendrickson, POPSUGAR Food

Ingredients

1 head of garlic

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 cup of kosher salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400ºF.

Place the garlic on tin foil, drizzle with the olive oil. Wrap up the garlic and place in the oven.

Cook for about 30-40 minutes until the garlic cloves are soft.

Once the garlic has cooled, squeeze out the roasted garlic and stir in the salt. Using a fork or your fingers, gently mix the salt and garlic in large shallow oven-proof glass dish. Try to break up the salt as much as possible.

Preheat the oven to 200ºF. Place the garlic salt in the oven to dry out about 20-30 minutes.

Once the moisture has been removed and it has cooled, use a fork to break up the salt.

@cristina14813562- I smashed the cloves after they were roasted and incorporated it into the salt and than dried the whole product in the oven. If you left them whole, I bet the resulting salt would be a little garlicky, so it is really up to you on the intensity! Hope that helps!

@Cristina14813562 I believe the answer is in step 4: "Once the garlic has cooled, SQUEEZE OUT THE ROASTED GARLIC and stir in the salt. Using a fork or your fingers, GENTLY MIX the salt and garlic in large shallow oven-proof glass dish. TRY TO BREAK UP THE SALT as much as possible." --Sounds like you mash the garlic while stirring in the salt. Then you'll bake it to dry it out, then break up the dried mixture further. I hope this helps! :)

@gurei I kept mine in the pantry and they lasted a couple months, they can draw moisture, so sometimes you will need to break it up. The longer you keep them the less flavor they have, so go for small batches since it doesn't take that long to make. Have fun and enjoy!

These sound wonderful and with my budget for Christmas next to no money at all, these will make wonderful little gifts that come from the heart.
Question I have, am I missing something with the Garlic infused salt? Next to directions and ingredients it is showing "N/A". Could you please re-post those? Thank you!